Dr. Nichelatti graduated in Biological Sciences at the University of Bologna and obtained a PhD in Public Health (major in Statistics) from the University of Pavia. Between 1986 and 2002 he worked in various pharmaceutical companies, mainly dealing with clinical research, and since 2006 he has collaborated with the Niguarda hospital as a statistician, dealing with statistical analysis of clinical data and with mathematical modelling of biological systems. He also is a consultant statistician for some pharmaceutical companies and other Italian hospitals. The list of publications can be seen on PubMed.